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diff --git a/rich/18_legislation b/rich/18_legislation index 32f9614..188a96e 100644 --- a/rich/18_legislation +++ b/rich/18_legislation @@ -13,3 +13,67 @@ House side of process - Rules Committee -- sets rules for debate on bill - Floor Action - scheduled by Speaker (time limit, agenda position) - (Germane) amendments can get added and get debated separately + - *After* amendments, the amended bill is voted on + - Amendments can remove support for the bill + - Simple majority to pass +Senate side of process (often introduced concurrently, sometimes +multiple bills on either side correspond on one issue, sometimes +consecutive) + - Introduction: senate resolution number + - President pro temp (maybe multiple) refers to standing committees, + - Committee Stage: passes through the subcommittee, full committee + landmines; often longer timeframes in the Senate + - NO Rules Committee + - Scheduled by "majority leader" (not president pro temp, who is the + most senior member of the majority party) + - Power to improve/worsen chance of passing + - Majority leader, like speaker, chooses Joint Committee members + - Appointment power + - Floor action - much less formal rule system + - Any (non-germane) amendments can be added + - Can allow some "pork barrel politics" + - No time limit + - Allows filibusters + - Originally 60 votes "Vote of Closure" stops + - Now simple majority (50) + - No sitting down, leaning on podium + - But multi-person filibusters + - Amendment vote (incl house amendments) and vote on finalized + bill (needs majority) +Conference Committee + - Bipartisan, bicameral Joint Committee + - No compromise, no law + - if passed identically, compromises don't need to happen + - Then has to be passed by house and senate + - Onto the president +Presidential Action + - 10 business days to review legislation + - Sign it --> law + - Veto: requires written reasons + - 2/3 in both chambers override + - No action + - Congress in session = unsigned law + - Congress out of session = pocket veto (bill dies, can be + reintroduced) + +The Budget +- In theory, begins 18 months prior to fiscal year (Oct 1-Sep 30) +- HUGE piece of legislation, physically, importance, etc +- Executive budget, comes out in March + - President saying what he wants: taxes, tax cuts, revenues, spend +- First Budget Resolution (meant to be passed middle of May) + - "Congress's rebuttal" +- Second Budget Resolution + - Passed by Sep 30 + - Final copy + - Chosen by compromise in congress and with congress and pres. + - Rarely actually passed (in time?) +- Continuing Resolutions + - Temporary funding for a particular time frame + - Originally only 30, 60 days + - Now months, years at a time. De facto final res. +- Recent Budgets + - 09 Budget $3.1T ($3.9T actual w/ fed bailout) + - 10 Budget $3.72T + - 11 Budget $3.83T (record $1.56T deficit) + - 20 Budget $4.79T ($1.083T deficit estimate) |